Instrument for finding the force of falling bodies
Date
18 February 1663
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p115
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 358mm
width (page): 226mm
width (page): 226mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A figure accompanying Robert Hooke's paper titled 'A description of the Instrument for finding the force of falling bodies', which was read at a meeting of the Royal Society on 18 February 1663.
ABC: pedestal for the scale.
DE: a double beam of a scale, designed to let a steel ball, F, fall from a height onto a steel plate, G.
H: counterpoise on a scale, IK.
L: a small spring with a stay, M, to detect whether the ball has moved the scale.
The original drawing by Hooke is at Cl.P/20/12/001.
ABC: pedestal for the scale.
DE: a double beam of a scale, designed to let a steel ball, F, fall from a height onto a steel plate, G.
H: counterpoise on a scale, IK.
L: a small spring with a stay, M, to detect whether the ball has moved the scale.
The original drawing by Hooke is at Cl.P/20/12/001.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 18 February 1663, ‘[Hooke's] account of the force of falling bodies was read, and ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:195). The text and figure are reproduced in Birch 1:195-97.
This figure was printed in Robert Hooke, Posthumous Works, ed. by Richard Waller (London: S. Smith and B. Walford, 1705), plate 1, after p. 126, Fig. 1.
This figure was printed in Robert Hooke, Posthumous Works, ed. by Richard Waller (London: S. Smith and B. Walford, 1705), plate 1, after p. 126, Fig. 1.
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place